Chivas USA forward Julio Morales was on bench for Mexico’s U20 National Team’s first match against the youth ranks of Greece in the 2013 U-20 FIFA World Cup held in Turkey. The Mexicans were unable to earn their first points in the tournament as they fell 2-1 to Greece.

As early as the 12th minute of the match, Greece went up in the scoreboard after a goal by Andreas Bouchalakis, despite the dominance of the Mexican squad. Minutes before the end of the first half, the Mexicans were able to equalize after a great goal by Jonathan Espericueta via free kick in the 40th minute of the match. The young ranks of El Tri returned to the second half with the majority of chances at goal.

The clearest opportunity for the Mexicans came in the 75th minute when Expericueta found himself alone in front of the goal, headed the ball, but the header went way above the crossbar. Two minutes before the end of the match, Dimitris Kolovos notched a great goal after defeating the Mexican back line for the final 2-1 score.

Mexico will now have to prepare for their next opponent in the group phase and look for its first points of the competition facing the Paraguayan National Team, match set for Tuesday, June 25th, once again at the Kamil Ocak Stadium in Gaziantep, Turkey.